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Proverbs chapter 28 verse 27

whoever gives to the poor will not want

but he who hides his eyes will get many a curse.

A pretty simple proverb, yet we are constantly tempted not to live according to it, particularly in a materialistic world.

Whoever gives to the poor will not want, I love that phrase in our giving we won't want. That's like

the exact opposite of what materialism says. Materialism says we want more, we want better, we want nicer, we want bigger, so get, get, get,

but what does getting lead to?

Wanting more.

And getting more leads to wanting more.

Getting bigger leads to wanting bigger.

Like our tastes can never be satisfied when you're tasting of the material things of this world,

they create a longing for more and more and more that never leaves us satisfied, never leaves us

content. The opposite though is what Proverbs 2827 is addressing who

who gives to the poor will not want.

Like we'll be free from this quest for more and more and more and more

and more instead in giving we will find contentment, in giving we will find joy, in giving we will find

satisfaction for our souls, in giving to the poor we will find our joy, our good, whoever gives to the poor will not want, but he who hides

his eyes will get many a curse. He who hides his eyes to the poor, who turns a deaf ear and a blind

eye to the poor will get many a curse.

This is so dangerous, isn't it?

Like it is possible.

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